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I got curious and googled Rebecca Liebson's name. Seems like she's off to an extremely promising start in her journalism career. It seems like an interesting v
by impendia 7y ago
I got curious and googled Rebecca Liebson's name. Seems like she's off to an extremely promising start in her journalism career.
It seems like an interesting variant of the Streisand effect is at work here: nowadays, if you piss off powerful administrators simply by reporting facts, this can earn you nationwide attention. Which gives would-be journalists have a powerful incentive to do exactly that.
- murgindrag 7y agoI think this is missing the big picture. For every Liebson, there are thousands who are threatened and intimidated. Colleges control your grades, your housing, your graduation, and in most cases, most of your digital information (most students naively trust college information systems). The Streisand effect works once, and barely that. Front page news fades after a few weeks. Universities are funded by a mixture of taxpayer dollars, tuition, and charitable donations. Journalism acts as a check-and-balance against crime, corruption, embezzlement, sexual harassment, discrimination, data fabrication, and a slew of other issues. When transparency disappears, all of those increase.
- impendia 7y ago> I think this is missing the big picture. I'm not disputing the threat and intimidation factor, I'm just saying there is also a countervailing force. In particular, any "media relations officer" who tries to pull this kind of shit is also taking a big risk.